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Definition spoon-feed in British English

spoon-feed verb

[transitive] verb
1

to feed someone using a spoon

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2

to do so much for someone that they do not need to make any effort of their own

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2.1

to provide someone with so many ideas or opinions that they do not need to think for themselves

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Definition spoon-feed in British English